Cushion.



PATENT ED JULY 14 B G. BUDD.

' 1 CUSHION.

I APPLIU ATION FILED MAR. 23, 1907- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD o, BUDD, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR To HALE- ILBUEN METAL coMPAN Y. 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

CUSHION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

lfatented July 14,1908.

Application filed March 23, 1907. Serial No. 364,194.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD G. BUDD,-a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cushions, of which the following is a specification.

This invention concerns cushions such as may be employed irthe construction of seat and back-cushions for seats of the type commonly employed in railway cars, beds and thelike.

While my invention is not limited inits application as to the use to which the cushion is put, it is of particular utility in the construction of cushions forming upper berths or bunks in sleeping cars, for which use it is mounted upon the wall ofthe car and adapted to be turned on the hinges of its supports to a position in which it is horizontally disposed or a position in which itlies against the wall.

The object of the invention is to provide a cushion for such uses which possesses great strength, which can be manufactured at small cost and which is made of metal so as to be fireproof.

The preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which,

Figure 1 is a plan view of the cushion broken away and sectioned in part, Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse section thereof, Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of'Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a section on line 44 of Fig. 1, Figs. 3 and 4 having the frame members in section to better illustrate the construction of the cornerpieces, and Fig. 5 is a perspectiveview of one of the corner-pieces.

Referring to these drawings, the cushion consists of a rectangular frame formed of four metallic frame-members secured together at their ends by metallic corner-pieces. Each of the side-members 1 and 2 and the end-members 3 and 4 of the frame consists of a strip of sheet-nietal'which is pressed to the desired cross-sectional shape, preferably that shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4. As shown in these figures, the strip for each frame-member is bent throughout the length thereof to form a lNNly-portion 5, integral side-portions 6 and 7 at the lateral edges of the portion 5 and flanges at the edges of these side portions. The flange 8 on the side-portion 6 extends inwardly of the frame and the flange 9 on the 2. For t erably a casting having a from two ad acent sides thereof.

side-portion 7 extends toward the side 6 and has an upwardly-turned edge 10.

e members of the frame are so secured together at their ends that the side-members 1 and 2 are disposed at somewhat of an angle 0 to the general lane of the frame, as shown in is purpose, a metallic cornerplece 11 is employed at each corner of the frame so constructed as to secure together the ends of the side and end members and to 5 hold the end-members with the body-portions 5 thereof disposed inv the plane of the frame and those of the side-members at an angle thereto. The corner-piece 11 is v.pref

rectangular porextending outwardly The surface of each of these arms is shaped to corretion and into al arms,

spond in cross-section to the cross-sectional ape of the frame-member supported therey. This is illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4, the former showing in elevation the end of the arm 12 supporting the side-member 2 and the latter similarly showing the end of the arm 13 supporting the end-member 3. One so of the corner-pieces is shown in perspective in Fig. 5. It will be seen that the shape of the arm 13 is such as to hold the end-member 3 with the body-portion 5 thereof 1 ing inthe plane of the frame and at an ang e to the portion 5 of the side-member 2 in the po sition in which the latter is held by the member 12. The ends of the members may be secured tothe arms of the corner-piece in any suitable manner, as by rivets or by soldering. If desired, the upwardly turned edges 10 on the several members may be cut away at the ends thereof.

Extending between the side-members 1 and 2 are a plurality ofinetallic slats 14 channeled to give them greaterstrength. These slats are curved longitudinally intermediate their'ends and at their ends are secured by rivets 15 to the portions 5 of the side-members. Near their ends the slats 14 are preferably so formed that, while being secured to the portions 5 of the side-members, they bear upon the flanges 8 and are secured thereto by rivets 17- as shown in Fig. 2. Each of the slats 14 has mounted thereon a plurality of spiral springs 16 which yieldingly position the covering. The springs 16 support upon their upper ends flat metallic springs 18 the ends of which are curved downwardly and secured by split rivets 19 to the sides 7 of opposite frame-members. A covering 20 of any suitable material, as canvas or burlap, is laid over the springs 18, and its edges are carried down andaround the frame members and secured to the flanges 10 by clamps 21.

The cushion shown is thinner at one. of the lateral edges than at the other, this construction being desirable in a cushion for an upper berth. By reason of the frame construction above described, ample strength and low cost of production are secured and the cushion while possessing the requisite resiliency occupies the minimum space.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In a cushion, a rectangular metallic frame consisting of side and end members and corner-pieces, said corner-pieces being formed to hold said end-members in the general plane of the frameand said side-members at an incline to said plane, metallic slats curved intermediate their ends extending be tween and secured at their ends to said sidem'embers, spiral springs mounted on said slats, and a covering extending over said spi ral springs and secured at its edges to said frame, substantially as described.

2. In a cushion, a frame consisting of metallic side and end members of pressed sheetmetal of uniform cross-section throughout having body-portions and flanges at the edges of the body-portions, and metallic corner-pieces each having two arms conforming to the cross-sectional shapeof said members,

the ends of a side and an end member being secured to the arms of each corner-piece, and said corner-pieces being formed to hold said side-members with their body ortions at an incline to the general plane of the frame, substantially as described.

3. In a-cushio'n, a frame consisting of metallic side and end members of pressed sheetmetal of uniform cross-section throughout having body ortions and flanges at the edges of the bor y-portions, and metallic corner-pieces each having two arms conforming to the cross-sectional shape of said members, the-ends of a side and. an end member being secured to the arms of each corner-piece and the arms on the corner-pieces for supportin said side-members being arranged to hold them with their bodyortions at an incline to the general lane of ,t e frame, substantially as descr'iber 4. In a cushion, a frame consisting of metallic side and end members of pressed sheetmetal and corner-pieces of cast metal, each of said cornerieces having a substantially 'rectangular b0 y and two integral arms extending outwardly from two adjacent sides of the rectangular body portion, each of said armsconforming to the cross-sectional shape of one of said frame-members and having the end of a frame-member secured thereon, and said corner-pieces being formed to hold said side-members at an incline to the general plane of the frame, substantially as described.

5. In a cushion, a frame consisting of metallic side and end members of pressed sheetmetal of uniform cross-section and metallic corner-pieces each having a rectangular body and two'integral arms extending outwardly from two ad acent sides of the .body, said arms conformim to the shape of said members, the end of a frame-member being secured to each of said arms and the arms on the corner-pieces for uniting said side members being arranged to hold them at an angle to the general plane of the frame, substantially as described.

6. In a cushion, a rectangular frame consisting of side and end members of sheetmetal, each pressed to provide a body portion and a downwardly extending flange at the inner edge thereof, and metallic slats curved intermediate their ends and extending across said frame, said slats being secured at each end to the body portion of a sidemember and to the flange thereon, substantially as described.

7. In a cushion, a rectangular frame consisting of side and end members of sheetmetal each pressed to provide a body-portion and a downwardly extendin flange at the inner ed e thereof, and metafiic slats curved intermediate their ends and extending across said frame, said slats having their ends extending under said side members and braced upon the flanges thereof and the ends of the slats beyond the points of coaction with said flanges being bent upwardly and secured to the body-portions of the side members, substantially as described.

8. In a cushion, a rectangular frame consisting of side and end members each formed of a sheet-metal strip pressed to provide a body-portion and an integral flange at the outer edge thereof, and metallic cornerpieces to each of which the ends of a side and end member are secured, said corner-pieces being arranged to hold said end-members in the general plane'of the frame and said sidemembers at an incline to said plane, metallic slats curved intermediate their ends extending across said frame and secured at their ends to the body-portions of said side-members, spiral springs mounted u on said slats, and a covering overlying sair springs and secured at its edges to said flanges on the fran'ie-members, substantially as described.

This specification signed and witnessed this 14th day of March, 1907.

EDWARD G. BUDI).

\Vitnesses:

R. M. FRIES, P. J. 'IUcKEn. 

